Teaming Up (Harlequin NASCAR, #26) by Abby Gaines


Teaming Up (Harlequin NASCAR, #26)
Title : Teaming Up (Harlequin NASCAR, #26)
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ISBN : 0373217935
ISBN-10 : 9780373217939
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 256
Publication : First published April 1, 2008

After spending most of her life buried in books and academia despite her NASCAR roots, scientist Kim Murphy is a complete success. But when she stumbles across an old list--"Things To Do Before I Die"--Kim realizes that she hasn't really lived. Now it's time for her to tackle the frivolous things in life: "Play hooky." "Buy a push-up bra." Next up...find a "jock" to date!Kim's unusual mix of beauty, braininess and humor seems tailor-made to get under NASCAR car chief Ward Abraham's skin--so when she asks him out, Ward can't refuse. But when he offers to help her out with her "list" (and then some!) Kim is delighted... and terrified that Ward will discover the real reason for her list!

Teaming Up (Harlequin NASCAR, #26) Reviews

  • Carrie Rolph

    Just your standard brainy scientist girl who needs a new kidney meets tall dark and silent NASCAR crew chief, and they spend a couple hundred pages lying to each other about everything, before chastely kissing and planning to have babies at the end.

    It’s actually a not-too-bad romance, writing wise. It just did a really good job of illustrating why straight romance is not for me. The gender dynamics were horrifying. That whole girl takes delight in all the men admiring her new push up bra, combined with that whole jealous protective man thing? No thank you.

    I was actually prepared to give it two stars, until Wade started calling Kim "sweetkins." Oh my god. WHY?

    But! I did it! I read a NASCAR romance.

  • Judy

    Teaming Up by Abby Gaines
    Harlequin NASCAR Library
    Secrets And Legends Series Book 10
    Kim Murphy, adopted daughter of crew chief Hugo Murphy, has a kidney disease and needs a transplant. Unfortunately she has a rare blood type that maybe her mother would be a match, but she took off thirty years ago and never returned. While getting her life in order Kim finds an old list of ten things to do before she dies. What does she have to lose if she’s on her last few laps anyways? More than she ever bargained for.

    Car Chief Wade Abraham is somewhat intrigued by the beauty who has asked him out. His ego takes a hit when he finds out he was just a jock on her list but her her dad, his boss, wants Wade to find out how sick his daughter really is. So what if he’s using her? Since she’s using him as well. What he doesn’t expect is to actually enjoy his time with her.

    A secondary story is Isabel Rogers, part owner of Justin’s team, and Clay Mortimer who is the main sponsor of Justin Murphy’s car. Isabel will do almost anything to convince Clay to not pull his sponsorship. There are still several people missing who have been mentioned in this series, Sylvie Ketchum, Isabel’s mother, and Hilton Branch is still on the lamb, too. Sophia Grosso seems to be more accepted by Hugo Murphy and his gang but the feud is still alive and well. The series continues with Terri Whalen from the Branch team in Tailspin.

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  • Kala

    This book would have been much better if the author had deleted the entire Cole/Isabel romance and fleshed out the storyline of the main two characters (Kim/Wade) instead. SO much time was wasted with Cole and Isabel and I had no interest in them.

    It also feels like the last 2 pages were so rushed and the ending felt like it was meant to be a few chapters longer but got all condensed into 2 pages. The entire story centers around Kim's illness and how she is not high up on the transplant list and is dealing with her own mortality. Then, right at the end

    The whole Sylvie storyline was left completely unresolved, which annoyed me.

  • Courtney

    I could not finish this book. I have picked up 7 books, getting half way through a few of them and then putting them back down.

    As far as NASCAR romances go, I think Pamela Britton has the market cornered on this one. Her technical observations of the stock car are fantastic, but she doesn't overdo it. Which is nice.

    This book was a bad mash up of stem cell research and sponsorship...gahhh, boring.

    I read the last page, just to make sure and it ends in a most saccharine sweet way. Ick.

    If you go NASCAR romance route, stick with Pamela Britton.

  • Crystal

    This book is hilarious in a way I'm pretty sure it's not meant to be. The drama is of the melo persuasion and the lines are delightfully cheesy. I had my roommate near tears reading parts of this to her out loud. It makes me forgive Harlequin a little for trying to tie all the NASCAR romances together.

  • Sue

    Another of the NASCAR series - for romance Harlequin this are great

  • Cornelia

    that was nice. I particularily liked the ending. not because it was the end mind you. but because the Hero was so cute. ^^

  • Caitlin

    You have to understand that my expectations for these books is completely different from some of the others I read.

  • Modesty_b

    It was okay.. but I don't like the ending

  • Chiara

    quick easy read